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Charlottesville victim charge
Oct 11^th, 2017 at 8:08pm

Six white supremacists violently beating a black man in a parking garage was one of many disturbing incidents caught on camera during the striking events surrounding the far-right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in August.

But now 20-year-old DeAndre Harris, who reportedly suffered a concussion, a head laceration that required 10 staples, a broken wrist, and a chipped tooth, is facing a felony charge himself: unlawful wounding for allegedly fighting back.

If convicted, he could face up to five years in prison and be slapped with a $2,500 fine.

On Monday, a local magistrate issued a warrant for Harris’ arrest based on a complaint brought by one of the individuals involved in the melée.

According to a statement provided to local NBC station WVIR, the alleged victim relayed his account of what happened to the magistrate’s office. After a detective from Charlottesville Police Department concluded that the victim was telling the truth, the magistrate issued a warrant for Harris’ arrest.

The Charlottesville PD is withholding the identity of the accuser until Harris is in custody. Harris’ attorney C. Lee Merritt told the Washington Post that the accuser was a member of a white supremacist group, and that the charge was “clearly retaliatory.” He also said it was “highly unusual” that the warrant was issued by the magistrate rather than the local police department.

Merritt said his client would turn himself in within the coming days. The magistrate’s office referred a call from VICE News to the Charlottesville Police Department, which did not respond to a request for information about the charge.

The video that showed a bloodied Harris lying on a parking-garage floor as men in shirts and khakis beat him with sticks went viral.

The media attention Harris received after the fact also put him in the firing line of online hatred from white supremacist sympathizers. His mother, Felicia Harris, told NY Daily News that her son was bombarded with racist messages in the aftermath.

Meanwhile, Alex Michael Ramos and Daniel Borden have both been charged with malicious wounding for attacking Harris. Ramos denies being a white supremacist. His attorney has suggested that Harris dealt the first blow, and right-wing media personalities have advanced the theory that Harris started or provoked the attack.

https://news.vice.com/story/black-man-faces-felony-charge-after-defending-himsel...

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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 72209 Gender:	Re: Charlottesville viictim charged Reply #1 - Oct 11^th, 2017 at 9:03pm only in america can you shoot someone to death for looking at you funny, and still call it self defence but not hit back with your fists while being attacked by a group of thugs.
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cods Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 88048	Re: Charlottesville victim charge Reply #2 - Oct 11^th, 2017 at 10:04pm trial by video...why is the blackman always on the floor with 5 or 6 white men standing over him... yet he is the one on trial.
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John Smith Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 72209 Gender:	Re: Charlottesville victim charge Reply #3 - Oct 11^th, 2017 at 10:05pm cods wrote on Oct 11^th, 2017 at 10:04pm: yet he is the one on trial EXACTLY
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mothra Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 34507 Gender:	Re: Charlottesville victim charge Reply #4 - Oct 11^th, 2017 at 10:08pm cods wrote on Oct 11^th, 2017 at 10:04pm: trial by video...why is the blackman always on the floor with 5 or 6 white men standing over him... yet he is the one on trial. Well i know why. At least i'm pretty certain. Why do you think it is, Cods?
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Reply #5 - Oct 11^th, 2017 at 10:14pm

John Smith wrote on Oct 11^th, 2017 at 10:05pm:

cods wrote on Oct 11^th, 2017 at 10:04pm:

yet he is the one on trial

EXACTLY

its weird! how what the eye sees in fact didnt happen... Roll Eyes

now if that camera took shots of a white man on the ground with 5 or 6 blackmen standing over him..

I wonder what the verdict would be...

.its a tough one isnt it?..

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Reply #6 - Oct 11^th, 2017 at 10:49pm

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a local magistrate issued a warrant for Harris’ arrest based on a complaint brought by one of the individuals involved in the melée ... a member of a white supremacist group
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it was “highly unusual” that the warrant was issued by the magistrate rather than the local police department.

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Reply #7 - Oct 12^th, 2017 at 10:18am

mothra wrote on Oct 11^th, 2017 at 10:08pm:

cods wrote on Oct 11^th, 2017 at 10:04pm:

trial by video...why is the blackman always on the floor with 5 or 6 white men standing over him...

yet he is the one on trial. Roll Eyes

Well i know why. At least i'm pretty certain.

Why do you think it is, Cods?

Because the black man is guilty ?

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Reply #8 - Oct 12^th, 2017 at 12:37pm

Sprintcyclist wrote on Oct 12^th, 2017 at 10:18am:

mothra wrote on Oct 11^th, 2017 at 10:08pm:

cods wrote on Oct 11^th, 2017 at 10:04pm:

trial by video...why is the blackman always on the floor with 5 or 6 white men standing over him...

yet he is the one on trial. Roll Eyes

Well i know why. At least i'm pretty certain.

Why do you think it is, Cods?

Because the black man is guilty ?

I never thought of that?..

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mothra Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 34507 Gender:	Re: Charlottesville victim charge Reply #9 - Oct 12^th, 2017 at 1:14pm Unbelievable.
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cods Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 88048	Re: Charlottesville victim charge Reply #10 - Oct 12^th, 2017 at 1:38pm for the supersensitive it was a joke... I would say a black joke but..... omg..
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mothra Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 34507 Gender:	Re: Charlottesville victim charge Reply #11 - Oct 12^th, 2017 at 1:49pm You think Sprint was joking? Have you not been paying attention?
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cods Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 88048	Re: Charlottesville victim charge Reply #12 - Oct 12^th, 2017 at 2:22pm mothra wrote on Oct 12^th, 2017 at 1:49pm: You think Sprint was joking? Have you not been paying attention? yes...
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mothra Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 34507 Gender:	Re: Charlottesville victim charge Reply #13 - Oct 12^th, 2017 at 2:25pm "Yes" you think Sprint was joking? If so it's a "no" to whether or not you've been paying attention.
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cods Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 88048	Re: Charlottesville victim charge Reply #14 - Oct 12^th, 2017 at 2:29pm yesyes... for the slow.
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mothra Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 34507 Gender:	Re: Charlottesville victim charge Reply #15 - Oct 12^th, 2017 at 2:32pm cods wrote on Oct 12^th, 2017 at 2:29pm: yesyes... for the slow. Impossible. No-one is that oblivious.
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cods Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 88048	Re: Charlottesville victim charge Reply #16 - Oct 12^th, 2017 at 2:36pm ahhh the slow... still having problems...tsk tsk.
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cods Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 88048	Re: Charlottesville victim charge Reply #17 - Oct 13^th, 2017 at 7:42am well I thought this started off quite well. what happened?.
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Lord Herbert Gold Member Offline Posts: 34441 Gender:	Re: Charlottesville victim charge Reply #18 - Oct 13^th, 2017 at 8:21am mothra wrote on Oct 11^th, 2017 at 10:08pm: Well i know why. At least i'm pretty certain. Why do you think it is, Cods? ... ummmm ... Because he's guilty?
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Lord Herbert Gold Member Offline Posts: 34441 Gender:	Re: Charlottesville victim charge Reply #19 - Oct 13^th, 2017 at 8:22am mothra wrote on Oct 11^th, 2017 at 10:08pm: Well i know why. At least i'm pretty certain. Why do you think it is, Cods? .... ummmm ... because he's *not* guilty?
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Lord Herbert Gold Member Offline Posts: 34441 Gender:	Re: Charlottesville victim charge Reply #20 - Oct 13^th, 2017 at 8:23am Which is it, Mothra?
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cods Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 88048	Re: Charlottesville victim charge Reply #21 - Oct 13^th, 2017 at 8:29am thats about it herb.... no matter what I say she never gets it.. must be my accent..
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Reply #22 - Oct 13^th, 2017 at 8:40am

cods wrote on Oct 13^th, 2017 at 8:29am:

thats about it herb.... no matter what I say she never gets it..

must be my accent.. Wink

According to Aussie's description of 'trolling' ~ Mothra is only 'trolling' with this thread topic and should be ignored or insulted as he had wished for Gordon on the topic of India and Indians.

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Dr Mengele Senior Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 364 The Fourth Reich Gender:	Re: Charlottesville victim charge Reply #23 - Oct 13^th, 2017 at 10:37am Darky picks a fight, gets a righteous beating then gets charged for it? Hilarious.
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Re: Charlottesville victim charge
Reply #24 - Oct 13^th, 2017 at 10:58am

Dr Mengele wrote on Oct 13^th, 2017 at 10:37am:

Darky picks a fight, gets a righteous beating then gets charged for it? Hilarious. Grin

Yes, Doctor, and typical of the Negroid sub-species. They have smaller brains. This is to accommodate their small sculls which evolved to fit the smaller pelvis of the female during childbirth. The female has a smaller pelvis to enable her to climb trees and the like.

It's quite scientific. This species is genetically inferior.

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Reply #25 - Oct 13^th, 2017 at 1:14pm

Lord Herbert wrote on Oct 13^th, 2017 at 8:40am:

cods wrote on Oct 13^th, 2017 at 8:29am:

thats about it herb.... no matter what I say she never gets it..

must be my accent.. Wink

According to Aussie's description of 'trolling' ~ Mothra is only 'trolling' with this thread topic and should be ignored or insulted as he had wished for Gordon on the topic of India and Indians.

thank you for that tip herb...I always take aussies advice..

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Reply #26 - Oct 13^th, 2017 at 1:16pm

cods wrote on Oct 13^th, 2017 at 1:14pm:

Lord Herbert wrote on Oct 13^th, 2017 at 8:40am:

cods wrote on Oct 13^th, 2017 at 8:29am:

thats about it herb.... no matter what I say she never gets it..

must be my accent.. Wink

According to Aussie's description of 'trolling' ~ Mothra is only 'trolling' with this thread topic and should be ignored or insulted as he had wished for Gordon on the topic of India and Indians.

thank you for that tip herb...I always take aussies advice..

If you took just 1% of it, you'd not get in as much schit as you do here.

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Reply #27 - Oct 13^th, 2017 at 1:25pm

Aussie wrote on Oct 13^th, 2017 at 1:16pm:

cods wrote on Oct 13^th, 2017 at 1:14pm:

Lord Herbert wrote on Oct 13^th, 2017 at 8:40am:

cods wrote on Oct 13^th, 2017 at 8:29am:

thats about it herb.... no matter what I say she never gets it..

must be my accent.. Wink

According to Aussie's description of 'trolling' ~ Mothra is only 'trolling' with this thread topic and should be ignored or insulted as he had wished for Gordon on the topic of India and Indians.

thank you for that tip herb...I always take aussies advice..

If you took just 1% of it, you'd not get in as much schit as you do here.

what are you talking about.... you and mothra are the only two who find fault with me ...

if I took your advice I would be as boring as you. Tongue

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Reply #28 - Oct 13^th, 2017 at 11:02pm

What I find astonishing is the fact that almost all police forces in urban areas in the USA consist of about 30% ex-military. LA would be the same.

Once the bangs started, I find it hard to believe that no-one said, "bugger this, we're going in."

Lots of those guys are looking for the 'main chance'.

The least they could expect would be a posthumous MC, or, if they survived the assault, a hero's thanks.

Why the wait, the delayed response?

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Reply #29 - Oct 14^th, 2017 at 11:44am

Lionel Edriess wrote on Oct 13^th, 2017 at 11:02pm:

What I find astonishing is the fact that almost all police forces in urban areas in the USA consist of about 30% ex-military. LA would be the same.

Once the bangs started, I find it hard to believe that no-one said, "bugger this, we're going in."

Lots of those guys are looking for the 'main chance'.

The least they could expect would be a posthumous MC, or, if they survived the assault, a hero's thanks.

Why the wait, the delayed response?

thats a funny thing to want them to do..

our streets like a war scene no thanks even gun happy Amerika wouldnt buy that idea....

every nut case would be ready for the charge anyway..... we have no idea what goes through the minds of those who do this....they spend many many hours planning it...they live and shop normally no one ever suspects.. ..

they are not trained soldiers who will eventually face another trained soldier.. who now wears a Police Uniform.. Cheesy

they are only ever discovered after the act Sad

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